Emily India Evans is a British soprano based in Basel and London. Particularly passionate about music from the baroque, Emily is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, a world renowned school for Historically Informed Performance. In 2023, she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Musicology from Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Having also trained as an organist, Emily is particularly recognised for her elevated level of musicianship and ability to adapt quickly to new repertoire.

Equally at home on the concert platform and the operatic stage, Emily's repertoire spans from the renaissance to newly commissioned works. Her operatic roles include Venus (Venus and Adonis, Blow), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas, Purcell), Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte, Mozart), Maddalena (La Resurrezione, Handel), and Alcina (La Liberazione di Ruggiero, Caccini).

Emily has worked in masterclasses and coachings with renowned artists including Janice Chapman, Sophie Bevan, Mary Bevan, Dame Emma Kirkby, James Gilchrist, Nicholas Mulroy, and Mark Padmore. Emily is a former young artist of the Musikfest Bremen Lieder Atelier; St Endellion Festival and the Dartington International Festival.

An experienced ensemble singer, Emily has collaborated with leading groups such as Fretwork, Tenebrae, and Ex Cathedra. She is an alumna of young artist programmes of The Sixteen, Ex Cathedra and La Cetra, Basel. With the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Emily appears as a soloist on the choir’s 2023 recording of music by Jheronimus Vinders, named Gramophone Editor’s Choice. Since moving to Europe, she has toured Bach’s Motets with Tenebrae, sung in Bach’s H-moll Messe under Masaaki Suzuki and in Orlando di Lasso’s Magnum opus musicum at Basel’s Martinskirche with Basel ReRenaissance.

As an accomplished organist, Emily has held posts at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle; St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire; and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She currently studies with Tobias Lindner at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Her recital work has taken her to cathedrals and chapels across the UK, USA, Spain, Switzerland, and beyond.

Emily is generously supported by the Musik-Akademie Basel, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and the LYRA Stiftung.